Missing Bridgerton? Try the regal new match-matching series The Courtship set in a 19th century castle

While fans eagerly await for the new season of Bridgerton to arrive, this regal reality series – The Courtship – will fulfill all your period drama needs.

During the series, which is available to stream for free on 9Now, we watch on as sixteen eligible suitors swoon their way to win our leading lady's heart.

Stream season 1 of The Courtship on 9Now.

In Episode 1, a carriage awaits for our heroine, Ms. Nicole Remy. She's been transported to 19 century England for a chance to find love.

You can catch a glimpse of the episode in the video above. You can also catch every episode in its entirety on 9Now.

The 26-year-old software engineer is tired of modern dating. Luckily, there's no dating apps here, only horses, castles, corsets and guards...

Yep, Nicole is in her 'Regency era' and hopes to find love the old fashioned way.

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Our heroine is met by her own personal guide, Mr. Edwards. "Are you ready to find the one?" he asks a nervous Nicole. He then passes her sixteen letters from her sixteen dashing suitors – who we meet in this episode.

Among the men in tights, we have songwriters, personal trainers, and models (all very 19th-century jobs, of course).

The men do everything they can to fit the part – write in calligraphy, learn to waltz and learn the Regency rules of courting – and they almost pull it off.

But the biggest task is to make the best first impression, and there's only one way to introduce our dear lady to her new guests... Through a grand ball!

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Get your dance cards ready, for by the end of this episode, three men will go home.

Spoiler alert – one man is "glad", one is left in utter denial, and in true Jane Austen style, one is left in tears.

But let's rewind.

In the series' teaser, we're treated to a string version of Taylor Swift's 'Love Story' that perfectly sets the scene.

There's no shortage of string music as we enter the ballroom. Ms. Remy is introduced to her sixteen nervous suitors. She then chooses one for a single date.

Cue the fireworks, and maybe a first kiss?

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As the series fires up, so does the romance, because it seems Ms. Remy has her eyes on more than one.

"It's scary feeling feelings for multiple people, but it's starting to happen," she said.

To quote Pride and Prejudice, "We are all fools in love".

There will be tears, heartbreak, hook-ups and more – confirming that this, dear reader, is far from an average fairytale. But we can't wait to see how this tale unfolds.

As our narrator so brilliantly confirms, "Dating in the 2020s is hard. It turns out, dating in the 1820s, that was bloody difficult."

Let the courting begin!

Stream season 1 of The Courtship, on 9Now.